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Former or Alternate Names of Nations

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Introduction:
"Do you know the former names or alternate names for these countries?"


1. What was the former name of the United Arab Emirates?
    United Arab Republic
    Moldavia
    Qatar
    Trucial States


2. Russia and fourteen other nations were once a part of the U.S.S.R. What did those initals stand for?
    Answer: (5 Words)


3. What did Zaire used to be known as?
    Comoros
    French Somaliland
    Lesotho
    Belgian Congo


4. What nation was once known as the Dutch East Indies?
    New Zealand
    Indonesia
    The Seychelles
    Solomon Islands


5. What two countries united to form Tanzania?
    Tanganyika and Zanzibar
    Upper Volta and Western Sahara
    Zanganyika and Tanzibar
    Rhodesia and Zambia


6. What are British Guiana and Dutch Guiana now known as?
    Surinam and Aruba
    Ghana and Surinam
    Guyana and Surinam
    Guyana and Aruba


7. What nation was once known as Ceylon?
    Sri Lanka
    Bangladesh
    Taiwan
    Moldova


8. What name is often used for The Netherlands?
    Answer: (One Word - 7 letters)


9. What did the nation of Belize used to be known as?
    Dominica
    Dutch Guiana
    British Honduras
    Benin


10. What nation used to be known as Abyssinia?
    Egypt
    Ethiopia
    Turkey
    Iraq


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